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Tuesday, 20 December 2016

Christmas Dinner Vegetables from Aldi

Anyone that has cooked a Christmas dinner will know how stressful it can be if you have not got everything planned out in advance. But I thought that I would share with you a few ways to make it easier and how you can prepare a lot of the food before the big day. This will not only make it less stressful but it will give you back some valuable time that can be spent with your loved ones instead of slaving over a hot stove!

This week Aldi are certainly making it more affordable this Christmas. Their fantastic 'Super 6' fruit and vegetable offer is for 6 must have vegetables for your Christmas dinner. This week the 'Super 6' are priced at just 19p for the following:

Broccoli

Maris Piper Potatoes

Parsnips

Brussels Sprouts

Carrots

Little Gen Lettuce

So, depending on how many people you will be serving you could potentially buy your Christmas day vegetables for just over £1!

In this post I am going to tell you how to make the perfect roast potatoes in advance, carrots, parsnips and a way to serve up the sprouts that will make you want more!

To save time on Christmas day prepare your vegetables in advance. Root vegetables can be pre prepared and frozen making a lot less work on Christmas day or Christmas eve. Simply parboil the roots for 3 minutes, drain, leave to cool then bag and place in the freezer. What makes this an even easier way to prepare your vegetables is that the roots can be cooked from frozen. But did you know that you can even freeze your roasties too? Let me tell you how I have already got my root vegetables and roasties ready for Christmas dinner!

5 - Place the flour in a mixing bowl and mix in the salt and pepper according to taste

6 - Toss the potatoes in the flour mixture and place on one side

7 - Using a roasting tin heat the goose fat for 5 minutes

8 - Remove the roasting tin from the oven and add the flour coated potatoes and cover with the goose fat

9 - Place the potatoes in the oven and roast for 25 minutes

10 - After 25 minutes remove from the oven, turn the potatoes and return to the oven for a further 25 minutes

11 - Check the potatoes and if you prefer them to be crunchier and are serving them immediately return to the oven for a further 10 minutes. If you are going to freeze the potatoes remove from the oven and allow to cool completely.

12 - To freeze place on a baking tray and freeze flat, once thoroughly frozen place in a freezer bag

13 - To cook from frozen simply cook from frozen in a pre heated oven in goose fat for 20 to 30 minutes or until thoroughly cooked

You can just parboil your potatoes and freeze before roasting but the way that I have prepared them leaves them extra crunchy!

2 comments:

What fab easy peasy tips!! Totally agree with you that Christmas is best spent with loved ones not slaving over a hot stove!! We're keeping our Christmas dinner really simple this year :-) Thanks for linking up to #CookBlogShare. Eb x

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